I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.

To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

It's always about the music, never about anything else.

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?

Sometimes I just want to lick David Lee Roth in the nuts

Don't they get afraid, then?""They have a religion for that.

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment.

I know everybody. I make friends easily. I'm a gregarious guy, I'm open, I'm easy to get to know - I don't lock myself in an ivory tower. So I like people; I enjoy people.

When the Lord opens a door, walk through it. If He doesn’t, just trust.

Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts.

Commitment is never an act of moderation!

Why is it that some secrets can drown you while some pull you close to others in a way you never want to lose?

The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

We all really need to listen to each other, including to the boring bits.

The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind.